Pouring-spout container vessel.



H. W. JONES.

POURING SPOUT CONTAINER VESSEL. APPLICATION FILED use. 7. 1912.

Patented Sept. 7, 1915.

lk elzlfars flaw 1y Janw HARRY -W. JONES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, .ASSIG-NOR TO ERICANCAN COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. l, A GOR'PQBATION OF NEW JERSEY.

POURIING-SPOUT "CONTAINER VESSEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented dept. t, i915.

Application filed December 7, 1912. Serial No. 735,363.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRrW. Jones,

a The inventlon furthermore consists in the improvements in the parts and devices and in the novel combinations of the parts and devices herein shown, described or, claimed.

In many kinds of container vessels such .as are used in vending salt, cereals, washing pow ers and similar substances, it is desirable to provide pouring spouts for the convenience of the user and to prevent waste or spilling oi the substances while the same are being poured from the vessel. As is well known, these vessels are generally manufactured at one place and shipped to the various factories for filling. Hitherto it has been customary to apply the pouring spout permanently to the vessel at the factory where the vessels are made and it has been found that considerable difliculty and inconvenience is encountered at the factories where the vessels are subsequently filled with their contents, and frequently the pouring spout is injured during the filling operation, thus destroying the value of the entire vessel With my improvements, the vessel or till can is provided with a pouring opening and thus shipped to the factories where the same are to be filled, and after the cans have been filled thepouring spouts which are shipped separately, are then applied entirely from the outside, without the use of any special tools or appliances, by merely pressing or snapping the same in position and the pouring spouts so attached'will remain in permanent position.

By employing an attachable spout, as in the manner above indicated, it is obvious that the filling of the vessels can be accomplished more readily and quickly than has hitherto been possible and that waste of vessels will be eliminated.

In ,the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 illustrates an end vlew of .a vessel showing my improvements in connection therewith. Fig.2 1s a partial, longitudinal, sectional view taken on the line 2- 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view of the interior of a part of the vessel showing the spout in closed position. Fig. 4 is an elevation of a portion of the end of the vessel showing the outline of the pouring opening and Fig. 5 illustrates the blank from which the pouring spout is formed.

In the drawing the main or body part of the container vessel is designated by the reference 10, and as showmis provided with a cover or end closure'll, the latter being provided near the perimeter thereof with a pouring opening 12. The opening 12, as more clearly shown in Fig. 4, is of tapered formation and at one edge thereof are provided two inwardly extending projections 13, 13, said projections being oppositely arranged and each provided with an undercut portion 14, which in combination with projections formed on the pouring spout, hereinafter described, serve as hinge members for the pouring spout.

, The pouring spout is formed from a blank '15 having the general outlines shown in Fig.

5, which as shown,'is scored on the'dotted lines 16, thus dividirlg the blank into a center portion 17 and'two end portions 18, the latter forming the side walls of the pouring spout, and the inner or central. portion 17 corresponding in size and shape to the pouring opening 12 and adapted to close the same when the pouring spout is attached to the vessel. Each portion 18 forming the side walls of the spout is provided with a stop 19 adapted to limit the outward movement of the spout as the same is swung about its hinge connection. The central portion 17 of the pouring spout is provided with a pair of projections 20, each having an inner cam face 21 and an undercut portion 22, the cam faces and undercut portions being oppositely arranged as clearly shown in Fig. 5. The distance between the'projections 20 on the pouring spout is such that the same are adapted to pass outside of the projections 13 with a relatively heavy frictional engagement. The pouring spout is attached by pressing the projections past the corresponding projections 13, whereupon the cam faces 21 will ride against-the undercut portions l4 until the undercut portions 22 pass by the projections 13, whereupon the undercut portions 22 and 14 will snap into engagement and slightly overlap, as shown more clearly in Fig. 3. In this way a permanent hinge connection is formed between the spout and the vessel by means of the interengaging projections 13 and 20. A project.- ing shelf or lip 23 is provided along one edge of the pouring opening'12, which limits the inward movement of the pouring spout, which, during shipment, may be held down in position'by means of a sticker pasted over a the pouring spout.

The pouring spout and vessel are preferably formed of stiff paper or other fibrous material, but it will be obvious that the principle of the invention may be employed with the pouringspout and vessel made of other material such as sheet metal.

I claim 1. An article of manufacture of the character described comprising, in combination: a container vessel provided with a pouring opening; a pouring spout having side wings and attachable to the vessel from the outside; and cooperatinghinge-forming members on the spout and the vesselso arranged that the spou'tmay be permanently attached. by pressing the same into position, said hinge-forming members being undercut and interlocking and acting to hold the spout to a fixed hinge line on the vessel while permitting its hinge action, substantially as 2. An article of manufacture of the char acter described comprising, incombination: a container vessel provided with a pouring .opening and having hinge-forming portions on the edge of said opening; and a spout having hinge-forming portions adapted to cooperate with the hinge-forming portions of the vessel, all of said hinge-forming portions being so arranged that the spout may be permanently attached fromthe outside by pressing the hinge-forming members together, said hinge-forming members being undercut and interlocking and acting to hold the spout to a fixed hinge line on the vessel while permitting its hinge action; substantially as specified.

8. An article of manufacture of the character described comprising, in combination: a container vessel provided with a pouring opening having hinge-forming pro ections along one edge of said opening; and a spout having hinge-forming projections cooperating with the hinge-forming projections on the vessel, some of said projections having notches in which engage, and are retained against movement in the plane of the top of the container, others of the projections after the spout has been snapped into place; substantially as specified.

4. An article of manufacture of the character described comprising, in combination: a container vessel provided with a pouring opening at one end thereof and having a pair of oppositely arranged hinge-forming projections on one edge of the opening, said hinge-forming projections being provided with-undercut portions; and a pouring spout having hinge-forming projections adapted to cooperate with the hinge forming projections on the vessel, the projections on the pouring spout being also provided with undercut portions adapted to engage the undercut portions of the projections on the vessel and interlock therewith against movement in the plane of the top of the container and hold the spout to a fixed hinge line, the interengaging hinge-forming pro ections being so arranged that the pouring spout may be attached by merely pressing the same into position from the outside of the vessel after the same has been filled; substantially as specified.

5. An attachable pouring spout for containers comprising an elongated piece of fibrous material having arcuate end sections and scored intermediate said sections, said piece of fibrous material being provided with integral hinge-forming projections 20, 20, each having a cam face 21, and an undercut 22 arranged to hold the spout to a fixed hinge line while permitting its hinge movement; substantially as specified.

H. W. JONES. Witnesses:

PEARL ABRAMS, JOSEPH HARRIS. 

